IntroductoryNuclearPhysics

Acomprehensive,unifiedtreatmentofpresent-daynuclearphysics-thefresheditionofaclassictext/reference."Afineandthoroughlyup-to-datetextbookonnuclearphysics...mostwelcome."-PhysicsToday(ontheFirstEdition).WhatsetsIntroductoryNuclearPhysicsapartfromotherbooksonthesubjectisitspresentationofnuclearphysicsasanintegralpartofmodernphysics.Placingthedisciplinewithinabroadhistoricalandscientificcontext,itmakesimportantconnectionstootherfieldssuchaselementaryparticlephysicsandastrophysics.Nowfullyrevisedandupdated,thisSecondEditionexploresthechangingdirectionsinnuclearphysics,emphasizingnewdevelopmentsandcurrentresearch-fromsuperdeformationtoquark-gluonplasma.AuthorSamuelS.M.WongpreservesthoseareasthatestablishedtheFirstEditionasastandardtextinuniversityphysicsdepartments,focusingonwhatisexcitingaboutthedisciplineandprovidingaconcise,thorough,andaccessibletreatmentofthefundamentalaspectsofnuclearproperties.Inthisnewedition,ProfessorWong:*Includesachapteronheavy-ionreactions-fromhigh-spinstatestoquark-gluonplasma*Addsanewchapteronnuclearastrophysics*Relatesobservednuclearpropertiestotheunderlyingnuclearinteractionandthesymmetryprinciplesgoverningsubatomicparticles*Regroupsmaterialandappendicestomakethetexteasiertouse*ListsInternetlinkstoessentialdatabasesandresearchprojects*Featuresend-of-chapterexercisesusingreal-worlddata.IntroductoryNuclearPhysics,SecondEditionisanidealtextforcoursesinnuclearphysicsattheseniorundergraduateorfirst-yeargraduatelevel.Itisalsoanimportantresourceforscientistsandengineersworkingwithnuclei,forastrophysicistsandparticlephysicists,andforanyonewishingtolearnmoreabouttrendsinthefield.